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Taxes and benefits : two distinct options to cheat on the state?
Halla, Martin; Schneider, Friedrich - 2005 - This version: April 10, 2012
In this paper we study the social norms to abstain from cheating on the state via benefit fraud and tax evasion. We interpret these norms (called benefit morale and tax morale) as moral goods, and derive testable hypotheses on whether their demand is determined by prices. Employing a large...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009748276
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Protestantism and government spendig : a negative relationship? ; an empirical application to Swiss Cantons
Fischer, Justina A. V. (contributor);  … - 2007
Recent empirical growth literature suggests that cultural factors play a decisive role in economic development, while empirical evidence for their impact on government activity remains scant. In this paper, we conjecture based on Weber's Protestant Ethics that 'Protestant values' such as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003604466
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Street prostitution zones and crime
Bisschop, Paul; Kastoryano, Stephen; Klaauw, Bas van der - 2015
This paper studies the effects of introducing legal street prostitution zones on both registered and perceived crime …. We exploit a unique setting in the Netherlands where legal street prostitution zones were opened in nine cities under … different regulation systems. We provide evidence that the opening of these zones was not in response to changes in crime. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010528852
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An empirical analysis of the dynamics of the welfare state : the case of benefit morale
Halla, Martin; Lackner, Mario; Schneider, Friedrich - 2009
Does the supply of a welfare state create its own demand? Many economic scholars studying welfare arrangements refer to Say's law and insinuate a self-destructive welfare state. However, little is known about the empirical validity of these assumptions and hypotheses. We study the dynamic effect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003850182
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An empirical analysis of the dynamics of the welfare state : the case of benefit morale
Halla, Martin; Lackner, Mario; Schneider, Friedrich - 2009
Does the supply of a welfare state create its own demand? Many economic scholars studying welfare arrangements refer to Say's law and insinuate a self-destructive welfare state. However, little is known about the empirical validity of these assumptions and hypotheses. We study the dynamic effect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009239030
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An empirical analysis of the dynamics of the welfare state : the case of benefit morale
Halla, Martin; Lackner, Mario; Schneider, Friedrich - 2009
Does the supply of a welfare state create its own demand? Many economic scholars studying welfare arrangements refer to Say's law and insinuate a self-destructive welfare state. However, little is known about the empirical validity of these assumptions and hypotheses. We study the dynamic effect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003845503
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An empirical analysis of the dynamics of the welfare state : the case of benefit morale
Halla, Martin; Lackner, Mario; Schneider, Friedrich - 2009
Does the supply of a welfare state create its own demand? Many economic scholars studying welfare arrangements refer to Say?s law and insinuate a self-destructive welfare state. However, little is known about the empirical validity of these assumptions and hypotheses. We study the dynamic effect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343934
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Structural empirical evaluation of job search monitoring
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Klaauw, Bas van der - 2015
along various search channels that deals with this. The data are from an experiment in the Netherlands in which the extent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011373219
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Labor market prospects, search intensity and the transition from college to work
Klaauw, Bas van der; Vuuren, Aico van; Berkhout, Peter - 2004
model using a unique data set of individuals who completed undergraduate education in the Netherlands between 1995 and 2001 …. Our estimation results show that a 1 percent point decrease in unemployment rate increases wage offers with 3 percent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335207
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Counseling and monitoring of unemployed workers : theory and evidence from a controlled social experiment
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Klaauw, Bas van der - 2001
We investigate the effect of counseling and monitoring on the individual transition rate to employment. We theoretically analyze these policies in a job search model with two search channels and endogenous search effort. In the empirical analysis we use unique administrative and survey data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011403911